Texas lake levels today

21.2%full
Lowest right now

Choke Canyon Reservoir is the emptiest of the 7 Texas lakes with a percent-full figure. Of all 7 we track in Texas, 2 are 2 ft or more below normal for late October, 3 are near normal and 2 are above.

Daily readings from TWDB and USACE, Oct 26

7 Texas lakes, ranked

Percent full for 7 of the 7 lakes. A lake above full pool reads 100% and shows how far into its flood pool it is. Sort by vs normal to compare every lake against its own normal for this date.

#Lake% fullStorageThis weekPast year
1 Choke Canyon ReservoirTexas · far below normal 21.2% 0.13 ft down
2 Medina LakeTexas · far below normal 27.4% 0.87 ft down
3 Lake Corpus ChristiTexas · near normal 79.9% 0.12 ft down
4 Lake TravisTexas · above normal 93.6% 0.35 ft down
5 Lake TexomaTexas and Oklahoma · near normal 93.8% 1.69 ft up
6 Lake BuchananTexas · above normal 95.7% 0.04 ft down
7 Canyon LakeTexas · near normal 96.5% 0.23 ft down

Normal is the median level within 3 days of this date, 1991 to 2025 (or from the start of a shorter record). Texas levels and percent full: Texas Water Development Board, except Lake Texoma (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers). How each number is made.

Biggest changes this week

Lake Texoma+1.69 ftChoke Canyon Reservoir−0.13 ftCanyon Lake−0.23 ftLake Travis−0.35 ftMedina Lake−0.87 ft
Lake Texoma+1.69 ftChoke Canyon Reservoir−0.13 ftCanyon Lake−0.23 ftLake Travis−0.35 ftMedina Lake−0.87 ft

Change in feet over 7 days, to each lake's latest reading. Rises in water blue, drops in shoreline brown.

  • Canyon Lake907.39 ft, 1.6 ft below full pool, 0.6 ft above normal. Daily reading for Oct 26.Near normal
  • Choke Canyon Reservoir190.54 ft, 30.0 ft below full pool, 12.6 ft below normal. Daily reading for Oct 26.Far below normal
  • Lake Buchanan1,018.34 ft, 1.7 ft below full pool, 5.0 ft above normal. Daily reading for Oct 26.Above normal
  • Lake Corpus Christi91.29 ft, 2.7 ft below full pool, 0.9 ft above normal. Daily reading for Oct 26.Near normal
  • Lake Texoma616.86 ft, 1.2 ft below full pool, 1.5 ft above normal. Read Oct 26, 2:00 PM CDT.Near normal
  • Lake Travis677.23 ft, 3.8 ft below full pool, 9.9 ft above normal. Daily reading for Oct 26.Above normal
  • Medina Lake1,019.36 ft, 44.8 ft below full pool, 27.4 ft below normal. Daily reading for Oct 26.Far below normal